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The [[Yugoslav First League 1990-91|next league campaign]] (Mijatović's first full season at Partizan) he scored 14 goals in 33 league appearances under new head coach [[Miloš Milutinović]]. {{cn|date=October 2015}} |
The [[Yugoslav First League 1990-91|next league campaign]] (Mijatović's first full season at Partizan) he scored 14 goals in 33 league appearances under new head coach [[Miloš Milutinović]]. {{cn|date=October 2015}} |
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For his part, Mijatović continued improving, becoming the squad's undisputed leader during [[1991–92 Yugoslav First League|1991–92 season]] under head coach [[Ivica Osim]], and leading Partizan to the 1992 Yugoslav Cup title over reigning [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] champions Red Star. He also picked up the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year award along the way.<ref name="fifa.com-may-1999">{{cite news|last=King|first=Jeff|url= |
For his part, Mijatović continued improving, becoming the squad's undisputed leader during [[1991–92 Yugoslav First League|1991–92 season]] under head coach [[Ivica Osim]], and leading Partizan to the 1992 Yugoslav Cup title over reigning [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] champions Red Star. He also picked up the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year award along the way.<ref name="fifa.com-may-1999">{{cite news|last=King |first=Jeff |url=http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/news/newsid=70893.html |title=Dearest Predrag |agency=[[FIFA.com]] |date=31 May 1999 |accessdate=3 August 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20090925201508/http://www.fifa.com:80/aboutfifa/federation/news/newsid=70893.html |archivedate=25 September 2009 }}</ref> |
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Before the start of the 1992–93 season [[SFR Yugoslavia]] disintegrated meaning that the new Yugoslav League consisted of teams from [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]] only. Mijatović put in another impressive season, helping Partizan finally overcome their Red Star jinx, and leading them to the Yugoslav title. |
Before the start of the 1992–93 season [[SFR Yugoslavia]] disintegrated meaning that the new Yugoslav League consisted of teams from [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]] only. Mijatović put in another impressive season, helping Partizan finally overcome their Red Star jinx, and leading them to the Yugoslav title. |
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Born in [[Titograd]], [[Socialist Republic of Montenegro|SR Montenegro]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]], Mijatović grew up in the [[List of Podgorica neighbourhoods and suburbs#Zlatica .26 Masline|Masline]] neighbourhood on the town outskirts. He is of [[Cuce]] [[Montenegrin clan|clan]] ancestry.<ref>http://www.srpskadijaspora.info/vest.asp?id=9312</ref> |
Born in [[Titograd]], [[Socialist Republic of Montenegro|SR Montenegro]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]], Mijatović grew up in the [[List of Podgorica neighbourhoods and suburbs#Zlatica .26 Masline|Masline]] neighbourhood on the town outskirts. He is of [[Cuce]] [[Montenegrin clan|clan]] ancestry.<ref>http://www.srpskadijaspora.info/vest.asp?id=9312</ref> |
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Mijatović's personal life has been well-publicized due to his turbulent relationship with [[Belgrade]] socialite [[Elena Karaman Karić]]. They were married for 1½ years during the early 1990s, and had two sons before divorcing. During the divorce proceedings, he often wore a [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] baseball cap with the initials "L.A.", dedicated to their sons Luka and Andreja. On 3 June 2009, the official website of Real Madrid stated that Andreja, aged 15, died after a long illness, and offered its "deepest sympathies on behalf of the entire club and its members".<ref>http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202773280340/noticia/Noticia/Sincere_condolences.htm {{ |
Mijatović's personal life has been well-publicized due to his turbulent relationship with [[Belgrade]] socialite [[Elena Karaman Karić]]. They were married for 1½ years during the early 1990s, and had two sons before divorcing. During the divorce proceedings, he often wore a [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] baseball cap with the initials "L.A.", dedicated to their sons Luka and Andreja. On 3 June 2009, the official website of Real Madrid stated that Andreja, aged 15, died after a long illness, and offered its "deepest sympathies on behalf of the entire club and its members".<ref>http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202773280340/noticia/Noticia/Sincere_condolences.htm {{wayback|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202773280340/noticia/Noticia/Sincere_condolences.htm |date=20090612223653 |df=y }}</ref> |
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==Career statistics== |
==Career statistics== |
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In June 2006, Mijatović hooked up with [[Ramón Calderón]] as part of the lawyer's candidate bid for the position of [[Real Madrid]] president. When Calderón won the closely contested club election on 2 July 2006, Mijatović became Real's new Director of Football. {{cn|date=April 2015}} |
In June 2006, Mijatović hooked up with [[Ramón Calderón]] as part of the lawyer's candidate bid for the position of [[Real Madrid]] president. When Calderón won the closely contested club election on 2 July 2006, Mijatović became Real's new Director of Football. {{cn|date=April 2015}} |
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On 16 January 2009, Calderón resigned his post and by mid February reports appeared that Mijatović's is on his way out as well.<ref>[http://www.goal.com/en/news/1705/real-madrid/2009/02/14/1108809/sporting-director-predrag-mijatovic-ready-to-leave-real-madrid-- Sporting Director Predrag Mijatovic Ready To Leave Real Madrid – Reports, Goal.com, 14 February 2009] {{ |
On 16 January 2009, Calderón resigned his post and by mid February reports appeared that Mijatović's is on his way out as well.<ref>[http://www.goal.com/en/news/1705/real-madrid/2009/02/14/1108809/sporting-director-predrag-mijatovic-ready-to-leave-real-madrid-- Sporting Director Predrag Mijatovic Ready To Leave Real Madrid – Reports, Goal.com, 14 February 2009] {{wayback|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1705/real-madrid/2009/02/14/1108809/sporting-director-predrag-mijatovic-ready-to-leave-real-madrid-- |date=20090416112502 |df=y }}</ref> |
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On 20 May 2009, Real Madrid announced Mijatović's departure by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/5355203/Real-Madrid-sporting-director-Predrag-Mijatovic-leaves-by-mutual-agreement.html|title=Real Madrid sporting director Predrag Mijatovic leaves by 'mutual agreement'|last=Steve Wilson|date=20 May 2009|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=19 November 2014}}</ref> |
On 20 May 2009, Real Madrid announced Mijatović's departure by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/5355203/Real-Madrid-sporting-director-Predrag-Mijatovic-leaves-by-mutual-agreement.html|title=Real Madrid sporting director Predrag Mijatovic leaves by 'mutual agreement'|last=Steve Wilson|date=20 May 2009|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=19 November 2014}}</ref> |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Predrag Mijatović | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kom | |||
| OFK Titograd | |||
| Budućnost Titograd | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | Budućnost Titograd | 72 | (10) |
| 1989–1993 | Partizan | 104 | (45) |
| 1993–1996 | Valencia | 104 | (56) |
| 1996–1999 | Real Madrid | 90 | (29) |
| 1999–2002 | Fiorentina | 42 | (4) |
| 2002–2004 | Levante | 21 | (3) |
| Total | 433 | (147) | |
| International career | |||
| 1989–2003 | Yugoslavia | 73 | (26) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2009 | Real Madrid (Director of Football) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг "Пеђа" Мијатовић, pronounced [prêdraɡ mijǎtoʋit͡ɕ]; born 19 January 1969) is a former Montenegrin footballer and former sports director of Real Madrid. He was acclaimed as the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1997.
On the club level, Mijatović played for 6 different clubs: Budućnost Podgorica, Partizan, Valencia, Real Madrid, Fiorentina, and Levante. Internationally, Mijatović has been capped 73 times, scoring 26 goals. He played in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. [citation needed]
He scored 28 goals in the 1995–96 Primera División season for Valencia, which in turn led him to move to Real Madrid, where he scored a goal in the 1998 UEFA Champions League Final that brought the biggest European title back to Madrid after 32 years. In 1997, Mijatović was runner-up for the Ballon d'Or, behind Ronaldo and ahead of Zinedine Zidane.[1]
Club career
Budućnost
After spending a few years in the FK Budućnost Titograd youth system, 18-year-old Mijatović made his debut for the full squad in 1987 during last part of the 1986–87 league season under head coach Milan Živadinović. [citation needed]
It was in the following 1987–88 season that he became a team regular under the newly arrived head coach Špaco Poklepović. In October 1987, as part of the Yugoslav youth squad that competed in and won the 1987 World Youth Championship in Chile, Mijatović had a notable tournament. Playing in Chile meant that he was away from the club for the entire month of October. Coming back to the club as a hero, young Mijatović's spot on the squad was now cemented alongside Dejan Savićević, Dragoljub Brnović, and fellow 'Chilean' Branko Brnović. The youngster made 31 league appearances and contributed 4 goals as Budućnost finished the season in 9th spot.[2]
During the winter of 1989–90, the talented 20-year-old was close to signing with Hajduk Split after negotiating with Hajduk's sporting director Jurica Jerković with even a DM50,000 pre-contract payment given to the player,[3][4] before Partizan's president Mirko Marjanović stepped in and convinced him to come to Belgrade. Partizan ended up paying a DM1 million transfer fee to Budućnost for Mijatović in December 1989. In later interviews Mijatović said that deteriorating political and security situation in Yugoslavia was a factor in his decision not to go to the Croatian club.[3]
Partizan
Though he scored on his Partizan debut against his former club FK Budućnost, Mijatović's debut half season in the new club under head coach Ivan Golac was mostly spent settling into the new surroundings as he failed to add to his scoring tally in the following 14 league appearances until the end of the 1989–90 league season.[2]
The next league campaign (Mijatović's first full season at Partizan) he scored 14 goals in 33 league appearances under new head coach Miloš Milutinović. [citation needed]
For his part, Mijatović continued improving, becoming the squad's undisputed leader during 1991–92 season under head coach Ivica Osim, and leading Partizan to the 1992 Yugoslav Cup title over reigning European Cup champions Red Star. He also picked up the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year award along the way.[5]
Before the start of the 1992–93 season SFR Yugoslavia disintegrated meaning that the new Yugoslav League consisted of teams from Serbia and Montenegro only. Mijatović put in another impressive season, helping Partizan finally overcome their Red Star jinx, and leading them to the Yugoslav title.
Then Real president Ramón Mendoza later admitted that Robert Prosinečki's failure to live up to expectations in Madrid made his club wary of young Yugoslavs.[5]
Valencia
Mijatović made his La Liga debut with Valencia on 5 September 1993 against Real Oviedo. He would go on to make 35 league appearances and score 16 goals in his debut season. [citation needed]
He won the Spanish Footballer of the Year award in the 1995–96 season in which he led Valencia to second place in La Liga with 28 goals in 40 league matches. [citation needed]
Real Madrid
Mijatović joined Real from Valencia and won the La Liga title in his first season, as well as the 1997 Supercopa de España.[6]
Fiorentina
He arrived at the Florence club in the summer of 1999; Fiorentina had finished the previous Serie A season in third place (thus qualifying for the 1999-2000 UEFA Champions League). [citation needed]
In the 1999–2000 Serie A season Mijatović's injury problems returned, forcing him to the sidelines. During the 2000-01 Serie A season, the team finished in ninth place in the league, but winning the 2000-01 Coppa Italia trophy over Parma in the final. Mijatović made only 13 league appearances (some of them as substitute), scoring 1 goal.[citation needed] They were defeated in the 2001 Supercoppa Italiana final by 2001 Serie A champions Roma. During the 2001-02 Serie A season, however, Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B.
International career
Mijatović began his career in the youth categories of the former Yugoslavia team. He was included in the squad for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship with Croatian Davor Šuker and fellow Montenegrin Branko Brnović. "Pedja" scored 2 goals as Yugoslavia won the title. [citation needed] Overall, Mijatović has scored 28 goals for Yugoslavia in 73 international appearances.
World Cup 1998
During the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, he scored one goal in 4 matches, helping his country to the second round, where they were eliminated by the Netherlands. [citation needed]
Euro 2000
He played at Euro 2000 for Yugoslavia.[7]
Personal life
Born in Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia, Mijatović grew up in the Masline neighbourhood on the town outskirts. He is of Cuce clan ancestry.[8]
Mijatović's personal life has been well-publicized due to his turbulent relationship with Belgrade socialite Elena Karaman Karić. They were married for 1½ years during the early 1990s, and had two sons before divorcing. During the divorce proceedings, he often wore a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap with the initials "L.A.", dedicated to their sons Luka and Andreja. On 3 June 2009, the official website of Real Madrid stated that Andreja, aged 15, died after a long illness, and offered its "deepest sympathies on behalf of the entire club and its members".[9]
Career statistics
International
| Yugoslavia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 3 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10 |
| 1998 | 11 | 3 |
| 1999 | 7 | 2 |
| 2000 | 12 | 4 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 73 | 26 |
Post-playing
After retiring in 2004, Mijatović continued living in Valencia and soon became a player agent.
Real Madrid director of football
In June 2006, Mijatović hooked up with Ramón Calderón as part of the lawyer's candidate bid for the position of Real Madrid president. When Calderón won the closely contested club election on 2 July 2006, Mijatović became Real's new Director of Football. [citation needed]
On 16 January 2009, Calderón resigned his post and by mid February reports appeared that Mijatović's is on his way out as well.[10]
On 20 May 2009, Real Madrid announced Mijatović's departure by mutual consent.[11]
After Real Madrid
In May 2011, Mijatović was linked with the sporting director position at Chelsea following the departure of Frank Arnesen,[12] however nothing came of it since in July 2011 the club promoted assistant first team coach Michael Emenalo to the position.
Through his friendship with FC Anzhi general manager German Chistyakov, Mijatović was reportedly part of the three-man delegation (the other two were Anzhi's transfer man German Tkachenko and Serbian player agent Vlado Lemić) the Russian club deployed to Milan on 9 August 2011 for initial negotiations with Inter (represented by sporting director Marco Branca and vice-president Rinaldo Ghelfi) over the transfer of Samuel Eto'o.[13][14]
Honours
Club
- La Liga: 1996-97
- Supercopa de España: 1997
- UEFA Champions League: 1997-98
- Intercontinental Cup: 1998
Individual
- Yugoslavian player of the year: 1992, 1993, 1998
References
- ^ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1997". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 26 March 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 14 March 2013 suggested (help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Predrag Mijatović: profile". Fudbalski savez Srbije. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ a b Vulas, Frane (18 December 2009). "Predrag Mijatović: Sudbina nije htjela da zaigram za Hajduk". Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Kalimero (20 December 2009). "Mnogo mi je žao zbog hajduka". Kurir. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ a b King, Jeff (31 May 1999). "Dearest Predrag". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Predrag Mijatovic". Real Madrid. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Norway 0-1 Yugoslavia". UEFA Euro 2000. UEFA. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ http://www.srpskadijaspora.info/vest.asp?id=9312
- ^ http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202773280340/noticia/Noticia/Sincere_condolences.htm Template:Wayback
- ^ Sporting Director Predrag Mijatovic Ready To Leave Real Madrid – Reports, Goal.com, 14 February 2009 Template:Wayback
- ^ Steve Wilson (20 May 2009). "Real Madrid sporting director Predrag Mijatovic leaves by 'mutual agreement'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ Real Madrid legend Mijatovic could step into Arnesen's shoes;Daily Mail, 6 May 2011
- ^ Predrag Mijatovic represented Anzhi at negotiations with Inter;sports.ru, 10 August 2011
- ^ Eto'o to leave
- ^ "Biografía de Predrag Mijatovic". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "2001: Coppa Italia ai Viola". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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